it seems clear that there are less POC people on hexbear then there was before. what would you propose, and what do you think the issues are if any. i will be refraining from sharing my opinion for now to encourage more ideas.
white comrades are allowed to post emotes to boost this thread so more people can see it.
I think online spaces will always inherently be white due to typical socioeconomic issues. People with more free time are gonna be more likely to be online, longer, and more active
I also bet POC communists are way more likely to actually organize because for a lot of us, class struggle is something they need to win for hopes of a good future and something they have way more of a stake in than white communists
Furthermore:
Not everyone uses the Internet
or
They don't have "ready-access to the Internet."
Prisoners, many of which are BIPOC, cannot use the Internet at will.
Poor people in rural areas also do not use the Internet at will or have poor connection or WiFi.
Undocumented immigrants also do not use the Internet at will and not for social media.
Social media is a thing of the "middle classes" (who I still count as proletarians) but not for poor proletarians, imho, many of whom are non-white.
In addition, as you said: time is a factor and if you're under-middle class, for example, then you will be less likely to use social media during your downtime, especially as a means of fun or relaxation or recreation.
The truth is: we say "everyone has the Internet" but that's not true and, even when they do, they don't have it in the same way as, say, I assume many in Hexbear do.
While many white communists who live in poor areas do organize and I call them "comrade," it's true that many BIPOC communists (and non-communists and non-anarchists as well) do it on a scale and percentage that's bigger than their white counterparts.
(I include white communists here in this case as we also have a problem with including rural poor whites in our movement, but of course, I can tell you that rural poor BIPOC people are doubly neglected.)